PPLI Annual Report 2020 - Flipbook - Page 92
PPLI continued to collaborate with Careers Portal to update the search facility in the course finder developed
initially in 2019 to include options to search courses on the basis of major, minor or elective language
possibilities to make it possible to search all courses with a language element. Other significant updates
were included on this website.
Impact
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Built on relationship with Guidance counsellors
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Made guidance counsellors aware of the support available for their students
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Answered the call for support from Guidance counsellors
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Resource selected by NCGE to be part of the pilot: Reimagining Work Experience. Twelve schools are
currently piloting it with units supplied by NCGE, Exit Entry, Spotlight, BITCI, AMCHAM, IBM Open P-TECH,
and PPLI/Languages Connect
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Approval by NCGE of the Languages Connect Career Guidance resources.
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Attendance of Languages Connect at the IGC conference in Galway
Next Steps
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Reflect following the result of the pilot and contribute to the ‘Reimagining Work Experience’ for national
launch.
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Resource on Junior Cycle: guidance and languages
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Present all the Languages Connect resources at the IGC online conference
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Send out the new material twice a year on demand
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